For the first time since 2010, Esperance will be missing from the group phase of the CAF Champions League.
The 2011 winners beat Sudanese side, El Merreikh 2-1 in their second leg clash on Sunday in Rades, but it was the visitors who progressed to the mini-league stage for the first time since 2009 on the way goal ruler after a 2-2 tie on aggregate.
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